What's behind Radtke's Senate run in Va?

So now Virginia Tea Party Patriots president Jaime Radtke is officially running for the GOP Senate nomination, giving what was largely a gaggle of re-runs a bit of life. That’s a good thing. But as the case with just about everything else in Virginia politics, her entry isn’t just about a fresh face injecting new life into a moribund field. It’s also about settling scores and gaining power.

My sources tell me Radtke’s candidacy has at least the tacit backing of two Republican heavyweights: former party chairman Pat McSweeney and Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli.